SAN FRANCISCO November 12, 2014 – Invuity, Inc., a surgical photonics company, today launched the Invuity PhotonGuide™ XT System, a universal, “drop in” illuminator for minimal access surgery at the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting. This new product adds to the company’s proprietary photonics-based portfolio, which addresses the inherent challenges of minimal access surgery and improves outcomes.

Invuity’s Intelligent Photonics® technology delivers unsurpassed visualization of tissue planes, critical structures and anatomical landmarks, which enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive spine procedures more easily and safely. The PhotonGuide™ XT System was developed in response to the growing need for improved visualization as surgeons are working through increasingly small incisions.

“One of the unique benefits of Invuity’s PhotonGuide™ XT System is that it can be strategically placed within the incision to direct and shape the illumination deep into the disc space providing startlingly clear visualization without the risk of thermal tissue damage,” said Warren F. Neely, MD, Neurosurgery, Christus Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio, TX. “With this innovative drop-in device, surgeons benefit from superior visualization without altering their standard surgical technique or instrumentation.”

Today, an estimated 30-40 percent of all surgical procedures in the United States are minimal access and this percentage is rapidly growing. Minimal access techniques improve surgical outcomes, minimize risks associated with traditional open surgery, and reduce post-operative recovery and hospitalization time.

“The rapid shift toward minimal access procedures has advanced patient outcomes. However, an unintended consequence of this evolution is that it has decreased the surgeon’s most important sense – vision,” said Invuity Chief Executive Officer Philip Sawyer. “The PhotonGuide™ XT System is the latest device in our growing photonics-based portfolio designed to bring back this critical sense. In the future, our technology platform will continue to expand into additional modalities to address some of the most significant unmet clinical needs in minimal access surgery.”

Invuity, Inc. is a surgical photonics company that develops and markets Intelligent Photonics® devices. The company’s portfolio of in-situ visualization devices make possible new minimally invasive surgical approaches and techniques that result in increased surgical efficiency and safety with improved patient outcomes. Clinical applications include breast and thyroid oncology, plastics, spine, orthopedic, cardiothoracic and general surgery among others. Invuity is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit www.invuity.com.